mosque

noun

A building used as a place of Muslim worship.

Origin of mosque

French mosquéefrom Middle French mousquaiefrom Old Italian moscheaultimately ( possibly with influence from Old Italian muscomusk (in reference to the perfuming of mosques with musk) ) from Old SpanishMedieval Latin mezquitafrom Byzantine Greek masgidionor Armenian mzkit&rough;both from Arabic masjid ( perhaps in a dialectal pronunciation such as Egyptian Arabic masgid ); see masjid .

Sentence Examples

He must not sit in a mosque, except under necessity, but in some open, accessible place.

Her mosque was built in 1418.

A ruined mosque with a tall minaret stands by the river-brink.

There are remains of a Moorish fort on the hill commanding the town; and the north gateway - the Puerta del Colegio - is a fine lofty arch, surmounted by an emblematic statue and the city arms. The most prominent buildings are the episcopal palace (1733), with a frontage of a 600 ft.; the town house (1843), containing important archives; and the cathedral, a small Gothic structure built on the site of a former mosque in the 14th century, and enlarged and tastelessly restored in 1829.

Of the principal mosques the large Buyuk Djamia, with nine metal cupolas, has become the National Museum; the Tcherna Djamia or Black Mosque, latterly used as a prison, has been transformed into a handsome church; the Banyabashi Djamia, with its picturesque minaret, is still used by Moslem worshippers.